Research On Measurement And Deconstruction Of CO₂Emissions In Export Of China’s Manufacturing Industry Goods

With the rising wave of low-carbon economy globally, the issue about CO2emissions becomes the focus of all fields gradually. In trade area, trade protectionismappears in carbon-emission clothes, aiming at preventing the development ofdeveloping countries. As a country with large scale of trade and CO2emissions,China’s export and even the whole economy will confront huge challenges.Traditional manufacturing industry occupies a great part in China’s export and is themain carbon-emitter. Considering of either the criticism and the limitationdeveloped countries raise against developing countries or the inner aim of sustainabledevelopment, researching on China’s CO2emissions in export of manufacturingindustry goods and giving effective suggestions have practical significance.This paper applies an input-output approach to the analysis of CO2emissions inexport of China’s manufacturing industry goods from2006to2010, carries out acomparative study of CO2emissions in export by general trade and processing trade,and divides CO2emissions in export of manufacturing industry goods into direct CO2emissions and indirect CO2emissions to look into.The research shows that:(1) total CO2emissions in export of manufacturingindustry goods increase fast, but their average increase rate per year is lower thanexport’s, and CO2emissions in unit export tend to decrease.(2) General trade andprocessing trade share an equal proportion of manufacturing industry’s total CO2emissions in goods export, and the average increase rate per year of CO2emissions inexport by these two trade methods is lower than that of the corresponding export bythem.(3) the increment speed of CO2emissions in export by general trade is higherthan that by processing trade, but CO2emissions in unit export by general tradedecrease faster.(4) the import of intermediate goods is good for slowing down theincrement speed of CO2emissions in export by processing trade, releasing the burdenof domestic CO2emissions of manufacturing industry goods relatively.(5) goods ofthe4sectors: smelting and pressing of metals, manufacture of communicationequipment, computers and other electronic equipment, manufacture of electricalmachinery and equipment and chemical industry are the leaders of CO2emissions inexport of China’s manufacturing industry goods and the main targets of decreasingCO2emissions, they also have the most direct CO2emissions and indirect CO2 emissions.(6) although CO2emissions in export of China’s manufacturing industrygoods mainly come from manufacturing industry itself, CO2emissions generated bynon-manufacturing industry as a result of providing inputs such as raw material,energy and service cover a proportion which allows no neglect of CO2emissions inmanufacturing industry’s goods export.(7) the indirect CO2emissions in export ofChina’s manufacturing industry mainly come from energy sector and secondarilycome from service sector; energy consumption and service consumption are the chiefinducements of indirect CO2emissions in export of manufacturing industry goods.Finally, on the background of global low-carbon economy, the paper givescorresponding policy suggestions about decreasing CO2emissions in export ofChina’s manufacturing industry goods and achieving the goal of sustainabledevelopment based on the conclusions above.